Intel Bets 2012 on Ultrabooks

[halcyon]

...and Intel knows it doesn't have any competition. Certainly not from AMD anyways.

 

[AbdullahG]

[citation][nom]xxsk8er101xx[/nom]Completely off. It's ALL about the smart phones. Transform smart phones into tablets and vice versa and that's the money maker.[/citation]

The smallest tablet I can find is about about 5 to 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, and about an inch thick. I don't want that in my pocket. It isn't necessary to make smart phones into tablet. They are already mini-PCs in a way. Dual-core, already passed 1GHz CPU clock, and some even close to 2GHz, decent amount of RAM, 720p display for some of them, and so on. Pretty nice specs for a phone. I'm sure phones will continue to improve, but at the moment, they are powerful enough for most people (battery life could be an issue though for some).

[citation][nom]kenyee[/nom]Same price as Macbook Air w/ lower resolution screens and same processors = FAIL [/citation]

The ASUS Zenbook UX 21 (Ultrabook) is $999. It's competition in terms of specs and performance is a $1199 MacBook Air. Not a fail if you ask me.

 

[Borisblade7]

[citation][nom]halcyon[/nom]...and Intel knows it doesn't have any competition. Certainly not from AMD anyways.[/citation]

Actually with the terrible intel graphics and no graphics card options on a netbook, AMD has far better options with their APU's. Intel really needs to up their integrated graphics. They have solid chips with sandybridge but the IG's are worthless. AMD may not have the desktop competition, but they have the best options in the netbook arena, ultrabooks are just a step up from that, dont see it being too big of a problem for them to do just as well there.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

Actually with the terrible intel graphics and no graphics card options on a netbook, AMD has far better options with their APU's. Intel really needs to up their integrated graphics. They have solid chips with sandybridge but the IG's are worthless. AMD may not have the desktop competition, but they have the best options in the netbook arena, ultrabooks are just a step up from that, dont see it being too big of a problem for them to do just as well there.

Average consumer sees two laptops: one with AMD APU and one with Intel CPU. Which one do you think he'll go for? That's right - the Intel one. Intel is a very famous brand, while AMD is relatively unknown to an average consumer. And not many of them know WTF is an APU. And I'll say it again, APUs are NOT NEEDED for a general consumer, SB IGP will do just fine.

 

[billj214]

Agree, most people don't shop for graphics capability but instead for the style, color, price and then the "Intel logo"!

 

[halcyon]

[citation][nom]billj214[/nom]Agree, most people don't shop for graphics capability but instead for the style, color, price and then the "Intel logo"![/citation]

Most people aren't gamers, so graphics capability is not a priority.

 

[halcyon]

Average consumer sees two laptops: one with AMD APU and one with Intel CPU. Which one do you think he'll go for? That's right - the Intel one. Intel is a very famous brand, while AMD is relatively unknown to an average consumer. And not many of them know WTF is an APU. And I'll say it again, APUs are NOT NEEDED for a general consumer, SB IGP will do just fine.

Exactly.

 

[halcyon]

[citation][nom]hphp[/nom]I've never trusted Samsung's products & I still don't trust them. They don't really last as long as other well known products,bar the HP although,they could even be worse.thanks.[/citation]

That's a unique perspective. Many favor Samsung's wares.